[bksvol-discuss] Re: quality report or BSO?

  • From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:13:26 -0500

Hi Valerie,
I strongly agree with what Mayrie says below, most especially if you plan on reading the book before you submit it. After seeing a few examples, I can definitively say that the books produced by outsourcers that I have read were not read through before being added to the collection. They may be well scanned and spell checked, but a scan that has been read through will always be of better quality than a book that hasn't been, no matter how good the scan or how thorough the spell check.
So while what Roger says about books being replaced fairly quickly after submitting a quality report may be true, if it is done by one of the outsourcers, the replacement is not going to be as good as a BSO that has actually been read through.
And, as I said before, if you think the book needs picture descriptions, all the more reason to do the BSO yourself if you want to ensure that it is of the highest quality. 

Evan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:33 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: quality report or BSO?



Hi Valerie,

Absolutely, you can submit BSO's on books if you have the means to improve
them!  I don't see why you couldn't do that.

Mayrie



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie Maples
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 6:55 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] quality report or BSO?

I have books on hand that I want to see if they are in the collection and
their quality if they are already in the collection. Several I have checked are early additions with a fair amount of spurious characters or books that 
have a few issues, but would also benefit from picture descriptions.  I am
able and interested in improving them after some other projects, is it okay 
to do a BSO instead of filing a quality report?
Also, Nichole was given a book of poetry that is in the collection, I think it was a Newberry Award winner processed by one of the outsourcers, but the 
poem titles are not identified, nor was verse form retained.  Can that be
resubmitted as a BSO?
Thanks for your patience with my wanting to improve quality of books for all 
readers.

Valerie


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